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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1200 (2026)

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(a) This Article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

(b) The underlying purposes and policies of the Article are:

(1) To promote the compelling interest of the public in fair business relations between wine wholesalers and wineries, and in the continuation of wine wholesalerships on a fair basis;

(2) To protect wine wholesalers against unfair treatment by wineries;

(3) To provide wine wholesalers with rights and remedies in addition to those existing by contract or common law; and

(4) To govern all wine wholesalerships, including any renewals or amendments, to the full extent consistent with the Constitution of this State and the United States.

(c) The effect of this Article may not be waived or varied by contract or agreement. Any contract or agreement purporting to do so is void and unenforceable to the extent of that waiver or variance.

(d) A North Carolina winery holding a valid wine wholesaler permit issued pursuant to G.S. 18B-1101(7) and G.S. 18B-1107, when acting as its own master wholesaler, shall not be subject to the provisions of G.S. 18B-1204, 18B-1205, and 18B-1207. (1983, c. 85, s. 2; 2005-340, s. 1; 2005-350, s. 4; 2006-264, s. 98; 2007-484, s. 37.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1987–2012 · leading case: Empire Distributors of North Carolina, Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co., 677 F. Supp. 847 (W.D.N.C. 1988).
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Empire Distributors of North Carolina, Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co., 677 F. Supp. 847 (W.D.N.C. 1988). · cites it 13× “This case centers around the North Carolina Wine Distribution Agreements Act, N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 18B-1200—18B-1216 (1983) (the “Act”).”
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co., 679 F. Supp. 541 (W.D.N.C. 1987). · cites it 4× “THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Motion of Defendant to Strike Certain Affidavits and on the Motion of Plaintiff for Partial Summary Judgment in its favor as to whether Defendant has the right of prior consent to a transfer of business under N.C. Gen.Stat. §§ 18B-1200 et…”
Collins Wholesale Distrib. Co. v. E. & J. Gallo Winery, 867 F.2d 817 (4th Cir. 1989). · cites it 2× “Gallo Winery, pursuant to the North Carolina Wine Distribution Agreements Act, N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 18B-1200, et seq. (1983) (Act).”
Country Vintner of North Carolina, LLC v. E & J Gallo Winery, Inc., 461 F. App'x 302 (4th Cir. 2012). “” N.C. Gen.Stat. § 18B-1200 (b)(1) — (3). The Act directs reviewing courts to construe and to apply its provisions “liberally .”
Collins Wholesale Distrib. Co. v. E. & J. Gallo Winery, 678 F. Supp. 593 (W.D.N.C. 1987). “G.S. 18B-1200, et seq., the North Carolina Wine Distribution Agreements Act.”
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, Inc. v. North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Comm'n, 355 S.E.2d 524 (N.C. Ct. App. 1987). “notifying it that pursuant to § 18B-1200 et seq. the distribution agreement between Fetzer Vineyards, Inc.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1200(1): 1 case
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co., 677 F. Supp. 847 (W.D.N.C. 1988). “This case centers around the North Carolina Wine Distribution Agreements Act, N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 18B-1200—18B-1216 (1983) (the “Act”).”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1200(a): 1 case
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co., 677 F. Supp. 847 (W.D.N.C. 1988). “This case centers around the North Carolina Wine Distribution Agreements Act, N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 18B-1200—18B-1216 (1983) (the “Act”).”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1200(b)(1): 1 case
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co., 677 F. Supp. 847 (W.D.N.C. 1988). “This case centers around the North Carolina Wine Distribution Agreements Act, N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 18B-1200—18B-1216 (1983) (the “Act”).”
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